Saturday, November 22, 2008

fuck yes

Mommy's Time Out + Rice Krispies Treats cereal = Good Times



Friday, November 21, 2008

Smushy Heart

I've been really exhausted lately (I'm diagnosing it as stress, hopefully it's not actually a terminal illness) but I'm surprisingly awake right now. I haven't seen this side of midnight for a few weeks. I took a nap after work to prepare for girls night/local bridesmaid committee meeting and then had a little bit of coffee. The fun ended sooner then I thought it would, leaving me alone and squirrely in my apartment.
Tonight was really fun, it left me with warm fuzzies. Well, okay, part of the warm feeling was the tequila, but I hung out with my two bffs in Saratoga from different social circles tonight and they got along beautifully. I'm still kind of a "smushy heart" from getting engaged so this made more happy then it usually would. I made margaritas, but we had to drink them out of wine glasses because I don't have margarita glasses. Tabatha immediately dropped her glass, breaking it all over my infamous rug. I punished her by making her drink out of a plastic cup.

Tomorrow I'm going to track down some Mommy's Time Out. I had a glass of it at Virgil's last night and I can't get over how much I liked it. I'm not even ashamed.

This wedding planning thing is stressful. We both want a simple wedding, so I thought it would be easy to plan. Wrong. There are so many details to work out. I'm glad we have so much time, I would hate to have to figure all this shit out in a hurry. It's too soon to do fun stuff like register or buy a dress. I've been spending a lot of time browsing around Lilywedding. I'm such a girl.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

I Love to Singa

This is hysterical. Watch the whole thing. It's worth it.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

So, the trip went well...

Oh shit, I'm seriously a grownup...I'm engaged! I'm uncharacteristically, wholeheartedly excited. Who knew I would be so girly underneath all those layers of sarcasm and cynicism? I already bought a wedding planning book and started my guest list. Shit, there goes all my street cred.

My parents were less enthusiastic then I thought they would be. They seemed happy and supportive, but nobody screamed. I think this is due to the following circumstances:
1) I am the youngest in my family, and my brother and sister have collectively been married three times. This is nothing new.
2) Seeing as how I'm their youngest child, their baby, my being old enough to get married probably makes them feel old
3) I mentioned to my mom about a month ago that Dan and I were discussing marriage, so this doesn't come as a total surprise.
4) I think my mom wants me to get married in Iowa, but that's obviously not going to happen and she knows it.
My sister and brother are really excited, and Dan's family was really excited too. Eeshk! I'm like a real person.

Vermont was really nice. The B&B was amazing. Everyone was skeptical, but it was great. The room was cute, we had a little sitting area with a view of the mountains and Lake Champlain. The breakfast was amazing. We'll probably stay there again someday. The entire trip was wonderful. I would love to live in Burlington, it's a great city, but it's really expensive.

The war on mice is still going on. The death toll is now up to 5. I put a scoreboard up on the fridge: Us-5 Mice-0. The death toll is expected to rise due to all the poison that's being eaten. They may get revenge by dying inside our walls, though. We'll see.

Oh, and! My blog just got a whole lot swankier.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Kiss me, I voted

Obligatory post-election day paragraph:
I have mixed feelings about the election. I'm relieved, for sure. If McCain won, it would have been a disaster. I was pretty sure Obama would win, but then again, I was certain Bush couldn't possibly be re-elected, which taught me a lesson about over estimating my fellow Americans.
That being said, I'm not excited about Obama. I mean, we'll see what happens. I was really excited Dennis Kucinich for the 3o seconds he was running. I also knew he wouldn't be president, but a girl can dream.

In other news, we have mice again. It's like we're cursed. Long story short, we've caught 3 mice in traps inside our stove (ew) and we discovered a mouse living under the fridge. We left it (them, probably) a little poison treat after they refused to go into traps, and they are eating it up. Stupid mice. We've had 2 mice die from eating poison in the middle of living rooms, so I'm expecting the corpses to turn up any time. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it won't die in the walls or whatevs, which is what you always hear in conjunction with using poison.

This weekend Dan and I are celebrating our 2 year anniversary at a B&B in Vermont. Our actual anniversary was October 27, but we had to wait for foliage season to be over so we could afford it. It's going to be really nice. I'm even going to get all gussied up for dinner, if you can believe that. I can't wait to go!